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Citation |
Reece J. Issues Ment. Health Nurs. 2005; 26(6): 561-574. |
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Affiliation |
University of Derby, Nursing, Counselling, and Psychotherapy, Derby, England. |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 2005, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group) |
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16020070 |
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Abstract |
Non-suicidal self-injury is a distressing act, which can arouse dissent and negative comment in service users and providers. The purpose of the study was to describe how women who self-injure and nurses assign meaning to shared discourses about self-injury. The wider study is framed in a grounded theory methodology. Fourteen qualified nurses and 11 women who have self-injured were interviewed using unstructured and initially open-ended interviews, lasting 45-90 minutes. Initially a thematic analysis was used to code data. In this report, three of the early themes are reported with some comparative interpretations. Nurses lack understanding of the meanings of cutting behaviour. A common language is needed if nurses are to be effective in helping women who have self-injured to express distress in less damaging ways. |